HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Dec. 6, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Equinox, Inc., NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 6, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13104, row:4243)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Equinox, Inc., reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,021 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, claims information, medical record numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. Moreover, the covered entity retrained its staff on email security.